Ancient trees and famous flowers that have lived for hundreds of years look more beautiful in a casual snapshot than in a painting

The most worthwhile thing to see in late autumn is the fallen leaves, especially the deciduous trees in ancient temples and famous monasteries, with golden leaves everywhere, simple and vigorous, often with a history of several hundred to a thousand years, making people sigh at their own insignificance! Today Huahua will take everyone to admire those towering ancient trees in temples that have amazed the passing years!

Xi'an Ancient Guanyin Zen Temple - 1400-year-old ginkgo tree

Located in the Zhongnan Mountains of Xi'an, the Ancient Guanyin Zen Temple was first built during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty. In the temple there is a thousand-year-old ginkgo tree, said to have been planted by Emperor Taizong of Tang himself, and it has a history of more than 1400 years.

Xiangshan Biyun Temple - red maple leaves

Biyun Temple is located in Xiangshan Park, Haidian District, Beijing. It was first built in the Yuan Dynasty and has a history of more than 600 years. Every autumn this place is crowded with visitors, and large patches of red leaves burn like sunset clouds, just as the saying goes, "ten thousand mountains all red, layered forests all dyed."

Dali Jizhao Nunnery - succulent garden

Jizhao Nunnery is located in the Cangshan Mountains of Dali, and is called the most artistic nunnery. It has a wide variety of succulents inside, like a garden courtyard of flowers and plants, without the solemn atmosphere of an ordinary temple.

Jingzhou Zhanghua Temple - 2500-year-old ancient plum

Zhanghua Temple is a famous monastery of Jingchu, located in Taishiyuan, Shashi, Hubei Province. It was first built in the Yuan Dynasty. In the temple there is China's No. 1 ancient plum, the Chu plum, a yellow plum passed down from the State of Chu, with a history of more than 2500 years.

Lijiang Yufeng Temple - ten thousand camellia flowers

Yufeng Temple is a lama temple, located at the foot of Yulong Snow Mountain in the Naxi area of Lijiang, Yunnan. It was built during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, but in the temple there is a camellia planted during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, blooming with ten thousand flowers, extraordinarily stunning!

Beijing Fayuan Temple - a garden full of lilacs

Fayuan Temple is located outside Xuanwu Gate in Beijing. It was built during the Zhenguan period of Emperor Taizong of Tang. The front courtyard and back courtyard of this ancient temple are planted with lilacs of rare varieties. Every April, the flowers are clustered and delicately beautiful.

Beijing Tanzhe Temple - 400-year-old magnolia

Tanzhe Temple was first built in the Western Jin Dynasty, and its great fame and long history are the foremost in the capital. This thousand-year-old ancient temple has left later generations a large number of ancient and famous trees, the most famous being the "Emperor Tree," the "Consort King Tree," and the "Erqiao Magnolia."

The Erqiao Magnolia of Tanzhe Temple was first planted in the Ming Dynasty and has a tree age of more than 400 years so far.

The "Emperor Tree" and the "Consort King Tree" are two adjacent thousand-year-old ginkgo trees, with branches reaching into the sky and trunks so thick they can be measured in several arm spans.

Xuanyuan Temple in Huangling, Shaanxi - 5000-year-old Xuanyuan cypress

Xuanyuan Temple, also called Yellow Emperor Temple, is the cemetery park of Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, the founding ancestor of the Chinese nation. In the park there are 16 ancient cypresses, and the most precious is the "Yellow Emperor's Hand-Planted Cypress," which according to investigation has a history of 5000 years. The ancient cypress is verdant and vigorous, the finest of all the cypresses.

Nanjing Jiming Temple - 1400-meter cherry blossom avenue

Nanjing Jiming Temple is the foremost of the "four hundred and eighty temples of the Southern Dynasties." In front of Jiming Temple there is a curved cherry blossom path. Every spring when the cherry blossoms bloom, they are like snow and clouds, a magnificent sight.

Shengshui Temple in Shaanxi - 2000-year-old Han osmanthus

Shengshui Temple is located in Hanzhong City, Shaanxi. Five springs - green, white, yellow, dark, and black - surround the Buddhist hall, taking the meaning of "five dragons supporting the sage," hence the name "Shengshui Temple." In the temple there is an oldest osmanthus tree, planted by Xiao He, a minister of the Western Han Dynasty. Scientific testing has determined its tree age to be around 2000 years.

China still has many ancient trees and famous flowers

Every time you look, there is an indescribable stirring and shock in your heart

Flower friends, have you all seen these towering ancient trees?

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